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On Thursday, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 246 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 11 new deaths. The number of Mississippians currently hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infection has risen to 436.

Mississippi’s total COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 6,815, with 261 deaths.

Adams County added four more confirmed COVID-19 cases going from 129 on Wednesday to 133 on Thursday. Adams County’s death toll from COVID-19 stood at eight Thursday and cases reported in long term care facilities were not available in Thursday’s report, MSDH states.

More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus, are online at http://HealthyMS.com/covid-19

The Mississippi Coronavirus Hotline is the best way to get your questions about COVID-19 answered. Call any time: 877-978-6453.

Louisiana

Also on Thursday the Louisiana Department of Health reported 28,001 total confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,862 total deaths.

Concordia Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness on reported one new COVID-19 case on Thursday in a 52-year-old black male, who tested Monday at Ferriday Family Health and is now on a 14-day quarantine at his residence.

Concordia Parish now has a total of 53 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths.

The latest state map shows Mississippi’s case total as reported at 6 p.m. last night.

 

Mississippi COVID-19 Cases to Date

Table of total cases, deaths, and cases in long-term care (LTC) facilities since March 11, 2020.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total Cases in LTC Facilities
Adams	133	8	*
Alcorn	10	1	*
Amite	29	0	*
Attala	99	0	*
Benton	11	0	*
Bolivar	102	7	*
Calhoun	50	3	*
Carroll	38	1	*
Chickasaw	68	7	*
Choctaw	13	1	*
Claiborne	22	0	*
Clarke	54	3	*
Clay	40	2	*
Coahoma	61	3	*
Copiah	96	1	*
Covington	62	0	*
Desoto	282	4	*
Forrest	207	12	*
Franklin	16	1	*
George	13	1	*
Greene	5	1	*
Grenada	28	0	*
Hancock	62	5	*
Harrison	174	6	*
Hinds	470	8	*
Holmes	133	5	*
Humphreys	23	3	*
Itawamba	57	3	*
Jackson	259	6	*
Jasper	42	1	*
Jefferson	18	0	*
Jefferson Davis	32	1	*
Jones	143	1	*
Kemper	57	2	*
Lafayette	89	3	*
Lamar	103	2	*
Lauderdale	349	20	*
Lawrence	45	0	*
Leake	204	2	*
Lee	69	4	*
Leflore	148	17	*
Lincoln	141	10	*
Lowndes	54	2	*
Madison	229	8	*
Marion	72	6	*
Marshall	43	2	*
Monroe	157	14	*
Montgomery	28	1	*
Neshoba	187	3	*
Newton	81	0	*
Noxubee	66	0	*
Oktibbeha	51	3	*
Panola	39	2	*
Pearl River	163	19	*
Perry	27	1	*
Pike	148	7	*
Pontotoc	18	2	*
Prentiss	32	1	*
Quitman	14	0	*
Rankin	186	5	*
Scott	316	0	*
Sharkey	5	0	*
Simpson	46	0	*
Smith	74	4	*
Stone	22	0	*
Sunflower	53	2	*
Tallahatchie	11	1	*
Tate	41	0	*
Tippah	54	7	*
Tishomingo	7	0	*
Tunica	35	1	*
Union	17	1	*
Walthall	31	0	*
Warren	68	2	*
Washington	77	3	*
Wayne	23	0	*
Webster	18	1	*
Wilkinson	69	7	*
Winston	42	0	*
Yalobusha	19	0	*
Yazoo	135	1	*
Total	6,815	261	*

* Updated cases for long-term care facilities are not available today. Please look for revised totals on Friday.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information about residence.

Long-Term Care Facility Cases and Deaths

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure. (Long-term care facilities include nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, personal care homes, assisted living facilities, long-term acute care facilities, and psychiatric or chemical dependency residential treatment centers.)